06-08-2015 16:36 via feeds.theguardian.com

Google releases Stagefright megabug patch for phones

Samsung joins company in promising monthly security updates in order to prevent Android platform from falling behind fight against malware
Google and Samsung will release new security updates for Android phones every month, in an attempt to prevent the platform from falling behind in the fight against malware.The two companies’ announcements come in the wake of an embarrassing bug in Android’s media handling framework, called Stagefright, which had been dubbed “Heartbleed for mobile” aft
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